Barber: Osborne isn’t fair at all

Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, comments on George Osborne’s speech:

“The chancellor has a different definition of fairness to the rest of us.

“His spending cuts are hitting the most vulnerable, his one big tax rise was VAT – the unfairest tax of all – and his economic policies are bearing down on the young, trapped between unemployment and an education sector with not enough places.

“Meanwhile those in banks and finance who caused the recession are back collecting their bonuses and celebrating their biggest windfall, their escape from being asked to make a proper tax contribution to clearing up the mess they made.”